by Samantha Nichols | Jun 24, 2019 | Students
For some of you, exams are over. For others, your summer holiday is getting closer. So in this blog, we’d like to share with you some of our top tips for staying productive once school has finished. 1. Take a Break After a long and hopefully productive year at...
by Samantha Nichols | Jan 2, 2019 | Education, Students, University
Hi I’m Sam, I studied geography at the University of Portsmouth and I’m one of the co-founders of Get My Grades! In this blog, I’m going to tell you a little bit about what it’s like to study geography.Throughout secondary school, my...
by Bryden Commons | Dec 28, 2018 | Education, Students, University
Hi, I’m Bryden, and I studied a Bachelor of Behavioural Science at the University of Queensland. I now work for Get My Grades as Head of SEN and Inclusion and in this latest edition of ‘What it was like to Study…’ I’m going to tell you a little more about what it was...
by Dr. Charlotte Forrest | Dec 23, 2018 | Education, Students, University
Hi I’m Charlotte, I studied a PhD in Psychology at the University of Exeter and I now work at Get My Grades as their Head of Research. In this blog, I’m going to tell you a little bit about what it’s like to study for a PhD and how you might go about finding one.A PhD...
by Becky Trollope | Oct 30, 2018 | Research, Students
Motivation is a term we hear a lot when we are talking about learning. Sometimes you may feel very motivated, meanwhile, other times you may feel like you are lacking motivation. This short blog will explain what motivation is, why it is important, and how it can help...
by Jenn Linning | Oct 14, 2018 | English, Key Stage 4, Revision, Students
In the English Language GCSE, many students fall into the ‘effect on the reader’ trap. The trap is that they have learned some basic phrases about what effects a writer can create, and then they use these phrases to describe the effect of any language device they...
